Odell Favors Upgrades on Metro- North’s Old Danbury Branch

CT residents have 780 parking permits at Southeast & Brewster

County Executive MaryEllen Odell is a proponent of upgrading railroad service on the antiquated Danbury Branch of Metro-North. Should the Old Maybrook rail line that runs parallel to Interstate 84 from Southeast to Danbury come to fruition, allowing Manhattan bound commuters to connect with the Harlem line, Connecticut residents who now park their vehicles at the Southeast Metro-North Station will […]

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2019-On Select Tues.-6:45- 8pm Drug Crisis in our Backyard Spotlight Family Support Group at Mahopac Library. More info: MahopacLibrary.org May 9-30 (Thurs) Painting up Loose Ends at Reed Library, Carmel. More info/ reg: 845-225-2439 May 12-June 9 ‘Freed Formats: the book reconsidered’ exhibit at Mahopac Lib. More info: mahopaclibrary.org, 845-628-2009, ext 108 Tues May 14-4pm Let’s Make a Book at […]

FROM THE BUSINESS COUNCIL

3 Derby Lessons

Weekend before last, we attended a Kentucky Derby party at a client’s lakefront home on Lake Mahopac. The mint juleps were flowing, the shrimp and grits were delicious. There was a little friendly pool going on. We put in $25 a couple and we selected a horse at random. I do not even remember the horse’s name. I remember looking […]

CUNNINGHAM’S CORNER

Credibility, a Reckoning

Question: When Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, wrote last week that he believed Facebook had become far too powerful and should be broken up, where did he go to disseminate this message? Answer: The New York Times. A newspaper. In some ways, one of the most traditional newspapers around. Not a social network. Not a broadcast interview. Not Twitter, […]

Sifting Through the Sands of Time

Dam Overflowing

On account of the recent heavy rainfall the water in the old Croton reservoir is new higher than it has been in years, and the old dam is completely out of sight. The overflow of water is flowing down toward the new dam and it now only lacks ten feet to reach the top of the dam.

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2018 Busiest Year in Putnam Fire Department History


The numbers are in and 2018 was the busiest year in the history of the volunteer fire service in Putnam County. Commissioner of Emergency Services Ken Clair received the tabulation from the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Office of Fire Prevention and Control and at Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Bureau of Emergency Services Battalion Coordinators, the […]

Anthony DiCarlo Named Grand Marshal of Columbus Day Parade


Columbus Day is seven months away, yet the Italian- American Club of Mahopac has selected its honorees for Putnam’s 2019 Columbus Day Parade and Mahopac Superintendent of Schools Anthony DiCarlo was named as grand marshal. DiCarlo called the recognition a “great honor. My entire family has been deeply moved by this wonderful distinction and recognition.” Joining DiCarlo will be Michelle […]

Odd Scene At Putnam Legislature Meeting


It was an eerie scene at Tuesday’s full meeting of the Putnam Legislature when five women entered the historical Putnam Courthouse in Carmel – all dressed in red robes with white bonnets. Without saying a word, they sat down and witnessed the entire 90-minute meeting. When the session ended, the women rose to their feet and walked to the rear […]